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Te recordistu, Nina, quei ani Che ti geri el mio solo pensier? Che tormento, che rabie, che afani! Mai un'ora de vero piacer! Per fortuna quel tempo xe andà. Che pecà! Ne vedeva che per i to' oci, No g'aveva altro ben che el to' ben... Che schempiezzi! che gusti batoci, Oh, ma adesso so tor quel che vien; No me scaldo po'tanto el figà. Che pecà! Ti xe bela, ma pur ti xe dona, Qualche neo lo conosso anca in ti; Co ti ridi co un'altra persona, Me diverto co un'altra anca mi. Benedeta la so' libertà. Che pecà! Te voi ben, ma no filo caligo, Me ne indormo de tanta virtù. Magno e bevo, so star co' l'amigo E me ingrasse ogni zorno de più. Son un omo che sa quel che'l fa... Che pecà! Care gondole de la laguna Voghè pur, che ve lasso vogar! Quando in cielo vien fora la luna, Vago in leto e me meto a ronfar, Senza gnanca pensarghe al passà! Che pecà!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Che pecà!", 1901, published 1919 [ high voice and piano ], from Venezia, chansons en dialecte vénitien, no. 5, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text checked 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "What a shame!", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Sylvain Labartette) , "Quel dommage !", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Τι κρίμα!", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "¡Qué lástima! ", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 170
Thymasai, Nina, ta chronia Opu ēsun ē monē mu skepsē? Posa skirtēmata, posē orgē, posē agōnia, Pote mia ōra pragmatikēs eucharistēsēs! Eutychōs auto o kairos paei, ephyge. Ti krima! Den eblepa para mono mesa ap’ ta matia su, Den eicha allo kalo para mono esena… Ti anoēsies, ti geloies apolayseis, Ō! ma tōra xerō na pairnō auto pu erchetai· Den adēmonō pia. Ti krima! Eisai omorphē, par’ ola auta eisai pia gynaika, Kapoia elattōmata, t’ anagnōrizō akoma kai se sena, Otan gelas me kapoion allo, Diaskedazō ki egō me kapoian allē, episēs. As einai eulogēmenē ē eleutheria tu kathenos. Ti krima! S’ agapō, alla den to skephtomai pia poly, Den me noiazei ē tosē aretē! Trōō kai pinō, xerō na pernō kala me philus Kai pachainō kathe mera kai perissotero. Eimai enas antras pu xerei ti kanei… Ti krima! Agapēmenes gondoles tēs limnothalassas, Kymatiste loipon, sas aphēnō na kymatizete! Otan to phengari emphanizetai ston urano, Pēgainō sto krebati kai archizō na rochalizō Chōris na skephtomai kan to parelthon! Ti krima!
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Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian - Venetian (dialect) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2014 by Effimia Gianniou, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Italian - Venetian (dialect) by Francesco dall' Ongaro (1808 - 1873)
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-13
Line count: 30
Word count: 170